Federal Bureau of Counterterrorism

So how's that whole effort to transform the FBI from a law enforcement agency into a counterterrorism juggernaut going? Slowly, the New York Times reports today:

Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks spurred a new mission, F.B.I. culture still respects door-kicking investigators more than deskbound analysts sifting through tidbits of data. The uneasy transition into a spy organization has prompted criticism from those who believe that the bureau cannot competently gather domestic intelligence, and others, including some insiders, who fear that it can.

Here's a key fact: The top counterterrorism job at the FBI has been occupied by seven different people in five years.